I don't have the strength to fight, not even the strength to argue.

I lost my confidence. You betrayed me.

This is the voice of the Senegalese singer Lady Munas,

a charismatic pop star in her early 30s, who's known here in Senegal for her edgy style,

both in her music and fashion choices.

You took what was dearest to me.

Please, please, consideration for women.

As we sit in her house, two hours south of Senegal's capital, Dacar,

she's singing to me a song she's recently written.

It's not the stuff of most pop tracks. This one details the emotional trauma Lady Munas has suffered

after being raped by two men, and her fighting spirit in response.

Consider women. It's thanks to women. They are all good men here.

Thank you, Bar. You're welcome.

I'm Miriam Fosworth, and you're listening to assignment on the BBC World Service.

I'm in Senegal in West Africa, a country which recently significantly suffered its laws on sexual violence.

Women, and it is overwhelmingly women who have been victims, have traditionally been heavily stigmatized

and reluctant to speak out at all, let alone been brave enough to write a song about it.

It's very difficult for me to sing this song, earn a company,

because the words are a description of what actually happened to me.

I wrote it six months ago. I cried myself to sleep alone frequently.

Every single day, I'm living with the shame attached to it.

Lady Munas says she went to the police and one of her attackers was arrested, but she says he was released without being charged.

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